English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Dallington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Dallington

Historical Forms

  • Dailinton(e), Dailynton 1086 DB 1332 Ch
  • Dayllington 1284 Cl
  • Daelyngton 1313 Pat
  • Deilintone 1141 Eynsham
  • Dalinton 1189 Ch 1332
  • Talinton 1208 BM
  • Dalyngton 1316 FA 1379 Cl 1428 FA
  • Dalington 1346 Ipm
  • Del(t)inton' 1201 Cur

Etymology

'The farm of one Dægel ,' v. ingtun . For this pers. name cf. Daylesford (PN Wo 121).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site